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Welcome to JustRite’s Garden Tour 2 Blog Hop– but I used a sewing set!!! 

And I couldn’t be any more tickled with a new set than I am with Stitched with Love by JustRite Stampers  – I LOVE this set and have *sew* many ideas swarming in my head.  I just can’t wait to find time to get them all made up.  But for today, here’s my first project made with Stitched with Love:

I altered a round purchased box to create a sewing box reminiscent of vintage sewing boxes, and made a card to coordinate in the event I give this as a gift.  Stitched with Love has 6 Centers and 6 Borders all with a sewing theme.  They fit the 2 3/8″ Round Wood Stamper.  I only used one of the Center/Border combinations today but have ideas galore for the rest.  This set is certain to get a lot of use in my stamp room!!!  Here’s a look at the box before I altered it:

Certainly a nice box that could serve many purposes as is - but, I couldn’t leave well enough alone — you all know how that goes!  I picked it up on sale a year or two ago from Michaels.  Here’s how the box top looks after alterations were complete:

What I did was really quite simple, but totally transformed the box to a very feminine, vintage piece.  I stamped the image from Stitched with Love using Memento Rich Cocoa Ink on cream colored cardstock, coloring my spool with Copics.  For layering I used SU Blush Blossom and Prism Birchtone Medium. 

My double bow on top was made with the Bow Easy of Champagne Silk Ribbon.  The flowers with pearls are by Offray from Michaels.  And here’s a side view of the box top to show you that detail:

The Crochet Lace was adhered with red sticky tape.  I first ran a gathering stitch through the top of the lace on the sewing machine and just pulled up the gathers to fit as I glued it around the rim.  I then ran another layer of red sticky tape above the lace and ran my Velvet Zig Zag ribbon in pink around the rim as well.  I just crossed the tails and covered with another Offray flower.  All my bows and flowers are glued on using Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue from Wal-Mart.  I use just a tad bit of a glue dot to hold my tail ends in shape.  Now here’s the card:

It’s a standard A-2 size and I made it to coordinate with the sewing box.  The DP used on the card is an amazingly close match to the purchased box, and that was purely a stroke of luck!  The DP is by Crafty Secrets, I think from their Classic Heartwarming Vintage Pad.  My Flourish Accent die cut on top is by Spellbinders, as are the Petite Circle Nestabilities I used to cut and emboss the focal images.

Just a closer peek at the focal image on the card. Kaiser Pearls were used on the Flourish Accent.  Such a fun project to do!!!

This new set was my inspiration for this project.  Stitched with Love by JustRite will be available to order on February 5.  The full set will be revealed on Wednesday (tomorrow) on the JustRite Blog, so be sure to check in then!  It requires the 2 3/8″ Wood Stamper and all the centers and borders are interchangeable, giving you a ton of options with this fun sewing set!  I’ll be using it a lot, so stay tuned!!!

Check out all the gorgeous samples the JustRite Design Team has made for this Garden Tour 2 Blog Hop:

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Becca Feeken
Kellie Fortin 
Sharon Harnist
Debbie Olson
Heidi Blankenship
Kathy Jones
Michele Kovack
Michelle Wooderson
Sharon Johnson
Angela Barkhouse
Barb Schram

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Shopping:

JustRite Stampers has this new set, Stitched with Love, available to order on February 5, along with the other February releases.  Be sure to check out all the links above to see the sets and samples made with them and be sure to check out the JustRite Blog daily as they reveal the new sets in their entirety.

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries these items used on today’s project:  All ribbons used (Silk, Crochet Lace and Velvet Zig Zag), the Bow Easy and all Spellbinders Products used (Petite Circle Nestabilities (4 pack) and Flourish Accents),  and all ink used (Memento for image and Versafine for borders) and Kaiser Pearls.

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Thank you so much for stopping in today — hope you either have already, or can, take the time to HOP to all links above to see some GREAT samples that will surely inspire you!  Thanks much — see you soon!

Welcome to JustRite’s Garden Tour 1 Blog Hop — what a breath of fresh air in mid-January.

JustRite Stampers has so many beautiful botanicals coming out for us to play with,  and today I chose to use a floral image from My Garden, fitting the 3 1/4″ Round Wood Stamper and  a sentiment from Seeds of Kindness, fitting the 1 5/8″ or 2″ Round Wood Stampers.  These florals were designed with coloring in mind, but today I chose to use the Daisy image from My Garden as a background, using Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink, and have the sentiment from Seeds of Kindness act as my focal image.  Here it is:

A  marriage of modern and vintage!  This card is 5.75″ square, fitting into a 6″ envelope.  My background daisies from My Garden are merely stamped randomly in black ink.  Nothing fancy — I just eye-balled their placement.  The card was dressed up with Parrot Green Crochet Lace, Black Velvet Zig Zag Ribbon and 3/8″ Black Dotted Sheer Ribbonby May Arts.  The paper used is Black, White and Prism’s Intense Kiwi, a perfect match to the lace.

My sentiment from Seeds of Kindness is cut and matted using my Petite Circle Nestabilites by Spellbinders, with the outer scallop being pierced to add a lacy effect.  The beautiful white paper lace I added on the bottom was created with my Fleur De Lis Borderabilities Petite by Spellbinders.  All the ribbon listed above is by May Arts.  The dotted sheer bow was made using my Bow Easy.  The Crochet Lace was sewn on the card and gently gathered at the sewing machine.

These are the graphics for My Garden, fitting the 3 1/4 Round Wood Stamper.  Talk about a pretty set!!!  And remember, as with all JustRite sets, all the same sized borders and centers are totally interchangeable, giving you so many options in your creative endeavors.  This set sells for $16.95.

These are the graphics for Seeds of Kindess, the set I used today.  It has 6 interchangeable centers and borders, fitting the 1 5/8″ Round Wood Stampers.  These will also fit your 2″ Round Wood Stamper, giving you the option to use your 2″ Decorative Wide Borders or create your own outer border sentiment with font.  This set sells for $14.95.

These are the graphics for Plant a Little Love.  I have not used this set today, but it is the 2nd botanical release for January, also fitting the 3 1/4″ Round Wood Stamper.  This set sells for $16.95.

And this is just a reminder that the 2 romantic sentiment sets that came out earlier this month are also available.  Above is Romantic Sentiments and below is Loving Thoughts.  They each sell for $14.95.  Romantic Sentiments fits the 1 5/8″ Round Wood Stampers and can also be used in your 2″ Round Wood Stampers.

Loving Thoughts has 4 centers to fit the 1 5/8″ or 2″ Round Wood Stampers and 2 centers that are designed to fit the 2″ Square Stampers.

Now please check out all the wonderful projects the JustRite Team has created using these new January release sets.  Here they are:

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Debbie Olson
Sharon Johnson
Angela Barkhouse 
Barb Schram
Sharon Harnist
Becca Feeken
Michelle Wooderson
Heidi Blankenship
Michele Kovack
Kellie Fortin
Kathy Jones

Guest Hoppers:
Jerri Kay Jimenez
Lori Craig

What a well-rounded and fun January release by JustRite Stampers!  Thank you JustRite!!!

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Shopping: 

JustRite Stampers has all sets used/shown above available for order, along with their full line of product.  All five January releases can be seen here.

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries the Ribbon by May Arts, Bow Easy, Petite Circle Nestabilities, VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.  To order email me at ssj@up.net.

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Announcements:

Did you know that JustRite is now hosting weekly Friday Challenges? You have until Thursday Jan 21st at 10 pm Est to participate in our first Challenge. JRC_001: Get Creative With Font! Use JustRite’s font to make your own custom card sentiment, scrapbook page title, background paper, monogrammed or personalized 3D gift, home decor, you name it — JustRite wants to see how creative you can get with Font! In celebration of their first ever challenge, they are giving each of our blog readers a chance to beef up their font collection by using this coupon code: FONT25BHto recieve 25% off all JustRite font sets and the Horizontal & Vertical Stamper! This Coupon Code expires at midnight January 19.

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Thank you so much for stopping!  Truly appreciate that you came today.  Make sure you click all the links above to see all the lovely creations with these beautiful new JustRite stamp sets!  And may your new week be off to a GREAT start!

Mid-Winter Perk-me-up!  Today we are all going to create projects with a floral theme and some fresh spring-time colors - whatever says *Spring* to you!  Let’s just forget our cold temps and think of those beautiful flowers due to pop up once spring does hit!   Just Think Spring and have some fun!

Remember to use Mr. Linky below!

Anyone is welcome and invited to play!  SCS Keyword is ssnotime122 for those who upload at SCS.  There is no time limit. You can play this challenge  anytime at all.  The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Bloggers, please link back here using Mr. Linky below.

Check out the samples today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Michelle Woerner, Current Guest Designer
• Jennifer Buck  
• Janine Orchard  
• Julie Koerber 
• AJ Otto
• Tammy Hershberger
• Deb Saaranen
• Barbara Anders
• Jenny Gropp
• Barb Schram 

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s my little card for today with a floral theme:

This little card was FUN!  It can be recreated in like 5 or 10 minutes at most.  And it’s small — perfect for giving with a little gift or sticking in a little basket of goodies.  The base card is 3 x 4 1/4.  The entire card  is 4 1/4″ square once the top tab is added.  It was quick because I used an image from Journal Notes by Crafty Secrets and merely stamped and cut one single sentiment using my Circle Nestabilities by Spellbinders.  And the sentiment I used is a brand new sentiment from a fun new set by JustRite Stampers.  It is called Seeds of Kindness and I’ll show you the graphics a bit later.  It’s certainly a keeper that’ll be used time and time again.

Here’s a closer view of my card top.  You can see the simply stamped and cut fun sentiment — SO easy.  And to make the arched framework behind it I used my Labels 13 Die Templates by Spellbinders.  Yes, this is the same set of dies that I revealed for Spellbinders 2 days ago — you can see those posts here and here if you missed them.  Can you recognize the pretty shape?  Here I am only using about 3/4 of the die cut shape.  The top half is exposed to create my pretty framework card topper and the rest is tucked and secured between the layers.  The Labels 13 Die Template shape makes such a nice perfect staging for the round die cut sentiments.  Totally FUN, giving such importance and presence to my simple little single layer sentiment!  My bow is 100% Silk Ribbon in Mauve, tied on the Bow Easy.

These are the graphics to JustRite’s newest sentiment set, Seeds of Kindness.  I think they are such pretty sentiments to use on our floral creations of any sort!  There are 6 centers and 6 borders that are interchangeable. They fit the 1 5/8″ and the 2″ Round Wood Stampers.  SEEDS OF KINDNESS sells for $14.95.  They can be used with the beautiful florals that JustRite has just come out with, or as I did today — making a super fast project with a preprinted image and a simply stamped sentiment! 

And speaking of the new JustRite Florals, the DT girls have been sneak peeking them all week, but since I didn’t have a chance to play, I’ll show them to you here.  Both sets have 4 center and 4 borders, totally interchangeable, that fit the 3 1/4″ Round Wood Stampers and they are GREAT for coloring.  Here they are:

The one is MY GARDEN and it sells for $16.95.

And this set is PLANT A LITTLE LOVE, also selling for $16.95.

And I’d like to link you to some great samples made this week by some of the JustRite DT girls, just in case you’ve been remiss like me and haven’t kept up with all that is going on.  Check out these beautiful and inspiring creations:  Barb Schram (socks??? TOO cute),  Barb Schram again (total gorgeousness!), gosh and Barb is going monogram crazy too, so just check it all out here - total WOW!  Check out Kathy Jones’ gorgeous sample of both Kindness and Love, her Garden Daisy, and lovely Hydrangea.   Way pretty!! Stop at the JustRite Blog for Sharon Harnist’s Copic Coloring Tutorial- you won’t want to miss it!  And don’t miss Becca Feeken’s super FAB Sunshine card — totally cool!  Check out how Heidi Blankenship has Planted a Little Love,  Michele Kovak’s pretty My Garden creation and her Plant a Little Love beauty!  And be sure to scroll down through Angela Barkhouse’s Blog to see all of her fun creations with these new sest!  What FAB DT creations have been popping up all week long! 

And I have just read that these botanical sets are NOW shipping!!!  That’s a GREAT surprise!!!

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Shopping:

JustRite Stampers now has in stock and is shipping the Botanicals shown above, My Garden and Plant a Little Love, as well as Seeds of Kindess that I used today, along with their entire line of product.

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store has all above JustRite sets on order and they are en-route to me so I will have them hopefully by Monday for shipment to you, so please feel free to email me if you’d like to reserve a set.  The SS Ribbon Store also carries the Crafty Secrets Journal Notes, May Arts Silk Ribbon, Bow Easy, Petite Circle Nestabilities, Kaiser Pearls and VersaFine Onyx Black ink used.  Feel free to email me (ssj@up.net) about the Labels 13 Die Templates by Spellbinders.

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Announcements:

Check out the JustRite Blog on Friday for a SUPER FUN challenge lined up!

Watch for the JustRite Garden Tour Blog Hop on Monday, January 18.

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As always, I thank you so much for stopping in today.  If you find time to play along with us, remember to link to Mr. Linky below!  Have a GREAT weekend everyone and hope to see you soon!!! 

Yesterday I revealed  the Spellbinders Labels 13 die templates and  showed you a trio of cards and a coordinating ornament.  Click here to see that post with links to 20 other fabulous projects by some of the best designers out there!

The majority of the items used to make this coordinated set are available in the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  Links and more product information will be at the end of this post.

I promised you a step by step tutorial on the ornament I had created, so here we go:

Using the largest Labels 13 die template, cut and emboss 12 pieces of coordinating designer paper.  I used Lilac Avenue by Kaiser.  Choose 6 darker and 6 lighter colors for variation in your ornament as it twirls around.

Once cut, and while working on a scrap of paper, use your Silver Leafing Pen by Krylon to go around the outside edges of the ornament.  It is super easy to do this.  I know it scares some people, but truly, anyone can do this.  The Leafing Pen tip is like a marker tip.  It’s kind of squishy.  Starting at any corner, push your pen tip into the corner, holding the piece firmly down on the table with your left hand (assuming you are right handed) and draw the pen towards you in a firm and smooth movement, following the die cut edge, until you reach the next corner.    The pen tip just kind of grabs the edge of the paper and it forms a groove into the pen tip, allowing the pen to  just glide around the die cut, giving you a very smooth line.  It easily goes around all the graceful curves on the Labels 13 die cuts.  Set aside and let dry for a good 10 minutes or so until you handle it again.  Edge all 12 die cut pieces.

Once edged and dried, fold all 12 pieces in half lengthwise.  Just line up what will be the outer edges of your ornament sections, and firmly press down, making a nice and neat crease.

Now we put them together.  I found it easiest to work in sections of 3.  You will end up with 4 sections of three.  Then you can attach the sections together.  It just comes straighter this way than trying to attach all 12 together at once.

The Zip Dry Glue that Jerri Kay always raves about is the perfect glue for this project.  It’s a nice consistency, it’s clear, and once you apply it to your paper you have plenty of time to move the paper about so you can get them lined up just perfectly.  It’s slippery and allows the paper to move well, but yet sticks super tight and uniformly.  Shown above are 3 pieces attached to each other, forming one of our 3-section units.  Make 4 of these.

Once all 4 are made, attach them all together in the same fashion, BUT DON’T GLUE THE LAST 2 SECTIONS TO EACH OTHER.  We need to leave an opening to get our ribbon hanger inside.

My beads came from Wal-Mart. When purchasing beads, make sure they have holes large enough for your ribbon to run through them easily.  The beads with the largest holes were used for the hangars.

To make your ribbon hanger and tassel I used 1/8″ 100% Silk Ribbon by May Arts.  I pulled out 3 lengths, just kind of eye-balling how long I wanted my tails to be.  Each piece is folded at the top, making 3 loops.  (We cut 3 pieces of ribbon, and by folding it we have 6 strands)  Run the 3 loops through a bead.  Bring the bead down as far as how long you want your hanger to be, then tie a knot in the ribbon above the bead.

Now we just lay our ribbon strands into the ornament (remember, we left one side open), apply glue and adhere it closed on the final section, with the ribbon tucked neatly inside.  I couldn’t get a pic of this as I was all thumbs trying to do it, much less take a photo at the same time — my talents only go so far — LOL!!!  It’s not hard, just hard to get a pic while doing it — LOL!!!  When you get that final section glued, this is what it’ll look like:

Now run the bottom ribbon through another bead, slide it up to the ornament and tie a knot so it’ll stay.

The final step is to punch holes in the centers of each *flap*.  I used my Cropadile and to insure that they all came perfectly consistent, I made a little template from another die cut and placed it over each section as I punched — perfect, every time!  

Now, using a large-eyed needle, run your ribbon through each hole, adding a bead between each section.  Adjust your ribbon so you have the length you want to let your beads dangle how you like. I tied my ribbon into a tiny little bow at the back when I was done.  And here you have the completed ornament:

And I have one more fun thing I want to share with you today.  I love this Lilac Avenue Paper by Kaiser and, at the request of many of you, I have put together a kit of coordinated items for your ease in creating lovely projects.  I’ve called it the

Stamp Simply Lilac Avenue Kit. 

The Kit includes all the pretties you’ll need to make a project similar to this, plus you’ll have tons left over for many, many more creations.  Briefly, the kit includes the pad of Lilac Avenue 6 x 6 paper, coordinating ink, pearls, rhinestones and 100% Silk and Gingham ribbons by May Arts.  Here’s what you’ll get:

You can read the entire description here.

I have the Krylon Silver Leafing Pen available here.

I have the Bow Easy and Spellbinders Petite Circle Nestabilities available here.

Just email me (ssj@up.net) if you’d like the Labels 13 or any dies I don’t have listed.

The Zip Dry Glue is available at A Touch of Grace.

All the JustRite Monogram Kits are available here.

My full line of May Arts Ribbons are available here.

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Thank you SO much for stopping in today!  I truly do love your visits and appreciate that you’ve taken your time to check in on my projects.  Thank you!!

I’ll be back later on Thursday night with our weekly Stamp Simply Challenge — hope you can join us then!  See you real soon!

Love is in the Air - With Valentine’s Day as our next major card-giving day on the horizon, let’s get something ready to add to our stash.  How about a card using a heart, Valentine or lovey-type theme — no other rules — let’s just add to our stash with some hearts and/or lovey type cards — and if you need a wedding card, this would be the perfect challenge for that too — let’s just love it up this week!!!  No other rules - just run with it and have some fun!!!  

Remember to use Mr. Linky below!

Anyone is welcome and invited to play!  SCS Keyword is ssnotime121 for those who upload at SCS.  There is no time limit. You can play this challenge  anytime at all.  The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Bloggers, please link back here using Mr. Linky below.

Check out the samples today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Michelle Woerner, Current Guest Designer
• Jennifer Buck  
• Janine Orchard  
• Julie Koerber 
• AJ Otto
• Tammy Hershberger
• Deb Saaranen
• Barbara Anders
• Jenny Gropp
• Barb Schram 

Please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s my card today with a romantic theme:

We have an out of town basketball game tonight so I was pressed for time today.  And when I’m rushed, I always grab my Journal Notes by Crafty Secrets.  This beautiful floral was from the Summertime pad.  I added a sentiment and bow and called it done!!!  Stamped Simply, for sure!

My sentiment is from Loving Thoughts (see graphic and description below).  Cut with Petite Circle Nesties, pierced for a lacey look, and adorned with Kaiser Rhinestones for some sparkle.  I used VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink.  Simple layers, quickly done!

My bow was so pretty,  just wanted to show you.  This is a double bow of 100% Mauve 1.25″ Silk Ribbon by May Arts, made on the Bow Easy, adhered to the card with Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue that I get from Wal-Mart.  Just takes a minute to do this bow!

Here’s a graphic of the set I used — Loving Thoughts Centers by JustRite Stampers — for the 1 5/8″ Stampers.  This is one of the new releases that just shipped this week.  I have a good supply on hand.  They sell for $14.95.  Just email me if you’d like a set — ssj@up.net.

Signing off quickly — must get to that game on time.  I’ll be back later tonight to provide all links — the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries most items to make this card — the Journal Notes, Silk Ribbon, JustRite Stamps, Kaiser Pearls, Spellbinders Petite Circle Nestabilities, Bow Easy.

I’ll be back later to clean up this post — thanks for stopping in!!!!

We have some fun Flower Soft projects for you today!  The Design Team has been working with these darling Hedgerow Friends Card Toppers — totally fun little images.  I chose to work with this one because he looks like a boy Hedgehog and he has a warm and fuzzy scarf — something we all need up here in Michigan’s UP.  Here’s my card:

Isn’t he just darling!  I think this is great for either a general purpose pick-me-up type of card or even for a Valentine if you want something that’s not too lovey-dovey!  This was quick and easy to make – NO stamping.  My card is 5.5″ square.  I used White and SU Garden Green cardstock to coordinate with the image and Christmas Green 100% Silk Ribbon.  I used 3 colors of Flower Soft to give all the fun dimension.  Here’s a closer look:

With all the dimension you just want to reach out and touch this darling little guy!  I used Nut Brown Flower Soft for his hair, Autumn Mix Flower Soft for the border flowers on the heart topiary and the flowers around the pot base, and Sunshine Yellow Flower Soft for the stripes on the scarf and a bit on the flowers.  It is all adhered with my Flower Soft Glue. 

Here’s a visual of the Flower Soft product I used on today’s card.  The Hedgerow Friends pack of Card Toppers I used is called With Love.  It contains 3 of this image shown and 3 of another, for a total of 6 card toppers.  Links to all products are in the Shopping section below.

Now please take the time to check out all the fun projects the rest of the DT has done, as well as the Flower Soft  Blog:

Jennifer, AJ, Deb, Barb and Jeanne.

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Shopping:

Flower Soft products used are available on the Flower Soft site:  Hedgerow Friends With Love Card Toppers, Flower Soft Glue, Nut Brown Flower Soft, Sunshine Yellow Flower Soft, Autumn Mix Flower Soft.

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store  carries the Silk Ribbon, Bow Easy, and Button used on today’s project.

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Thank you all so much for stopping in today.  Hope you take the time to check out all the DT projects today — it’ll be time well spent and will be sure to put a smile on your face!  Thanks much — and see you all real soon!!!

Happy NEW Year, Everyone!  Emphasis is on NEW. Today we will create a project using something NEW– perhaps a gift received, something you treated yourself to, or maybe even something you purchased or received ages ago and just haven’t used yet.  Whatever is NEW to you — just give it a try — and you can interpret this very liberally — you could try a NEW technique, a NEW fold, anything that is NEW to you!!!  Just be sure to tell us what NEW thing you are showing us — have fun!!!

Remember to use Mr. Linky below!

Anyone is welcome and invited to play!  SCS Keyword is ssnotime120 for those who upload at SCS.  There is no time limit. You can play this challenge  anytime at all.  The point is to keep it simple, quick and have fun!!! Bloggers, please link back here using Mr. Linky below.

Check out the samples today on the blogs of these fabulous designers:

• Michelle Woerner, December Guest Designer
• Jennifer Buck  
• Janine Orchard  
• Julie Koerber 
• AJ Otto
• Tammy Hershberger
• Deb Saaranen
• Barbara Anders
• Jenny Gropp
• Barb Schram (Oh, oh!  Barb can’t play tonight!  She left her camera out of town and it is still on it’s way back home to her - fingers crossed for it’s safe arrival!)

I know I’m posting especially early tonight, so please bear with us all as we each upload and link on Thursday night.  Please check back later to catch some more uploads linked above.   Everyone should be up and set by Friday morning.

You may see all SCS Gallery Submissions here.

And here’s my card today using several NEW items:

We were invited to a wedding reception this evening, yes, on New Year’s Eve!  This is the card for that wedding.  The couple was actually married about 9 months ago just before the husband was deployed to Afghanistan.  He is now home and they are celebrating with their reception tonight.  God Bless this young couple as they begin their new life together and God Bless the USA in the year to come!

So, what did I use NEW on this card — many things!  The first of which I want to show you is the NEW JustRite stamp set called Loving Thoughts Centers.  The moment I saw this new set I knew which stamp I wanted to use for this wedding card — it was just perfect!!!

Loving Thoughts contains a combination of 1 5/8″ round centers as well as square & rectangular centers.  The 1 5/8″ centers can be used with all of the JustRite 1 5/8″ borders and the centers also work beautifully in the 2″ Square Frames, and that’s how I’ve used it here today on my wedding card.

This is the 2″ Square Frames set I used, which is still *kinda* new — LOL!!!  And I LOVE it — surely one of my favorite new items!  The Square Frames are used on the also *kinda new* 2″ Square Stampers.   I just can’t seem to get enough of these squares!!!  I used my Classic Square Nestabilities  by Spellbinders to cut the stamped image and mats.

And one more NEW thing I used today is my paper — this sheet of designer paper is from a 6 x 6 pad called Lilac Avenue by Kaisercraft.  The pad has many highly reflective sheets in it and this is one of them.  I love the design in this paper combined with the design of the stamped square frame!  MADE to go together!!!  The bow is 100% White Silk Ribbon by May Arts and my double bow was made using the Bow Easy.  Instructions for this ribbon treatment can be found here.  My card is 5.5″ square and the frame/sentiment was stamped with Versa Mark Ink and silver embossed.

That was my quick and easy wedding card for today, using many NEW things — hope you liked it and hope you can find some time to play along and show us something NEW coming out of YOUR stamp room!!!  Thanks much for stopping in!!!

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Shopping:

JustRite Stampers carries this NEW set, Loving Thoughts Centers, which is currently scheduled to ship on 1/04 and is now available as a pre-order item.  They, of course, carry their full line of product as well.

Remember to check out the JustRite Blog for some wonderful inspiration using their full product line.

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries these items used on today’s project:

Loving Thoughts by JustRite is available as a pre-order (mine are coming next week!), 2″ Square Frames and 2″ Square Stampers are in stock, as is the Lilac Avenue Designer Paper by Kaisercraft, Versa Mark Ink, 100% Silk Ribbon by May Arts, Bow Easy, Classic Square Nestabilities by Spellbinders. 

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Announcements:

The Flower Soft Blog Hop is scheduled for 1/04/10.

The Spool Sale at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store has been extended for 24 hours — or until midnight on 1/01/10.  It was scheduled to end at midnight tonight (1/31/09), but as I neglected to post a reminder, I’m extending it one more day!  ALL RIBBON PURCHASED BY THE SPOOL IS 15% OFF.   Thanks!

OK, hope you can play along this week — link up with Mr. Linky and/or use ssnotime120 as an SCS Keyword!  Have a wonderful New Year’s Eve — but most importantly, be SAFE!!!

Emily is a 6 year old crafter. When I spotted this book by American Girl on Button Crafts at Michaels earlier in the fall, this gift idea immediately popped into my head, and today it finally got completed!

To go along with the book I filled a clear bucket with buttons by Basic Grey and Rusty Pickle and decorated it up with ribbon by May Arts.  I purchased the wooden letters also from Michaels.  My original intent was to decorate them all, but once I started — it came to mind that I WAS preparing this as a gift for a crafy little girl, so why not let HER decorate the rest of her name — after all, I don’t need to have all the fun!

This is the fun book I found at Michaels.  I would have loved this when I was young –in fact, I found it rather fun at my ripe old age!  LOL!!!!

I hope Emily has fun decorating the rest of her name.

I used Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue from Wal-Mart for this entire project.  The pink gingham bow was made with the Bow Easy.

A good use for little scraps of ribbon.  Tying these on was the most time consuming part.

I used a Circle Nestie to cut the paper top, then just glued on buttons.  Emily is also getting a nice assortment of ribbons with her gift, but I just didn’t get them cut and organized yet.

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All Ribbon and Buttons, the Bow Easy and Circle Nestabilities used are available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

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The wedding card using a new release from JustRite that I promised is still in the works!  Coming soon!!!  Thanks so much for stopping in today.  Have fun in these last few days as you prepare and anticipate Christmas!  MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!  I’ll be back soon!

What a fun Blog Hop for this time of year!  I think last minute gift ideas are what we all need about now.  I can’t wait to see what everyone does!!!  I did something really quick and simple.  I purchased 3 coordinating items from the $ Bin at Michaels and altered them to create a personalized gift using my new 2″ Deluxe Round Monogram Kit by JustRite.  You could truly recreate this entire gift ensemble in 30 minutes or less.  Here’s what I started with:

I instantly loved these when I saw them in the $ Bin.  I thought they were so pretty as is, but I also knew they’d be perfect to alter and personalize.  Here’s the finished ensemble:

A simple, gold embossed, one layer monogram using my 2″ Deluxe Round Monogram Kit and a bit of 1/4″ wide Silk Ribbon is all it took.  The monogram is one layer, cut with a Circle Nestability by Spellbinders.  Super quick.  They are then just adhered on top of an ornament.

This is the journal.  Aren’t the colors just beautiful.  This was such a great find to bring home to alter.

Here’s a closer view of the gold embossed monogram and the ribbon.  I used the Bow Easy to make this double bow of Christmas Green Silk Ribbon.  I used red sticky strip to adhere the strip of ribbon down and Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue to adhere the bow onto the Journal.

Here’s the top of the magnetic notepad.  I had to remove the magnet from the back (it peeled off very easily) and put it back on after altering.  I used the same monogram as on the other pieces but had to make something to attach it to as I needed to keep the pad itself totally functional.  I used my very largest Circle Nestie for the SU Real Red Circle.  Then I ran that circle through the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder so it would mimic the look of the ornaments.  I then backed it with an SU Orchid Opulence Petite Circle  Nestie Scallop.  That gave me something to adhere the monogram to.  This was a super quick topper for the notepad.

And here’s the card to give with the Journal and Notepad.  I used Antique Gold Silk Ribbon on this one.  I did make my bows on the Bow Easy, but then I tried to pull them apart in a fashion to resemble the shape of the bows on the cards.  And out of these 3 $ Bin items, I’m still getting another gift!  I only used 1 card.  There were 8 in the package, leaving me 7.  I see a set of 6 monogrammed cards being quickly made up here — just didn’t get to it today!  So that’s 2 personalized gifts for $3 — you just can’t beat that!

This is a visual of the product I used to create my fun and easy monograms today.  I used the NEW (November release) 2″ Deluxe Round Monogram Kit by JustRite Stampers.  I LOVE the kits they offer – they are complete and ready to go!  They include the stamper, font and borders.  All you need is paper and ink and you are ready to create some lovely things!!!  And with Christmas in the air and shopping to be done, these kits are a PERFECT gift to give a stamping friend or family member — that would truly be a perfect last minute gift idea that you don’t even have to make — LOL!!!

Now, let’s get busy and check out all the other designers playing along today and see what they’ve all come up with — I can’t wait to see!!!

JustRite Blog

Angela Barkhouse

Barb Schram

Becca Feeken

Debbie Olson

Heidi Blankenship

Kathy Jones

Kellie Fortin

Lauren Meader

Lisa Somerville

Michele Kovack

Michelle Wooderson

Sharon Harnist

Sharon Johnson - that’s me!

Terre Fry

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Shopping:

JustRite Stampers carries the 2″ Deluxe Round Monogram Kit I used on today’s project, as well as their entire line of product.

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store also carries the 2″ Deluxe Round Monogram Kit I used on today’s project, as well as the 100% Silk Ribbon, Bow Easy, Petite Circle Nestabilities and VersaMark Ink.

Please click onto this post to see a concise listing of all products currently on sale at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, many JustRite Products included.

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Announcements:

Wednesday, 12/4 - Coming later tonight — another low cost/quick/altered gift idea using the same JR Monogram Kit

Thursday, 12/5 - Coming late Thursday night — our weekly Stamp Simply Challenge offering you more quick and simple ideas to help in your Christmas preparation

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Thanks much for stopping in again today.  Make sure to check out all the links above to get that inspiration we all need from time to time!  See you real soon!

Today’s Flower Soft Blog Hop will be filled with Christmas inspiration — perfect for those of you still trying to come up with Christmas cards and projects!  I made a simple, but elegant, card with the only cardstock used being white.  Take a look:

White on white with some gold leaf pen (Krylon 18 kt. Gold Leafing Pen) and a pop of red.  No stamping at all.  The first time I spotted these Vintage Christmas Taglets by Flower Soft I knew I had to have them.  These little squares of loveliness measure about 1.75″ square are so fun and easy to to use.  There are 30 included in a package.  I cut mine out and placed them into this square format.  Options are endless with these little square panels.   One would be perfect for a small gift tag, 2 or 3 stacked vertically for a bookmark, and any number in any arrangement for a card — totally fun to play with!!!  The card I’m showing today is 5.25″ square.  A quick make!  The tiny bow is made on the Bow Easy using 1/4″ 100% Silk Ribbon.

I used Poppy Red Flower Soft on my flowers and I’m trying to get a good view of that detail here.  Just dab on a bit of Flower Soft Glue, sprinkle on the Poppy Red Flower Soft, shake off the excess and done!  It adds so much, especially when seen IRL. I’ve added some red Kaiser Rhinestones to balance the design and add a little sparkly glitz!

Please check out all the DT samples as well as the Flower Soft  Blog:

Jennifer

Charmaine

AJ

Deb

Barb

Jeanne

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Shopping:

Flower Soft offers you the Vintage Christmas Taglets, Poppy Red Flower Soft, and the Flower Soft Glue I used today, along with their full line of product.

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store offers you the 100% Silk Ribbon, Bow Easy and Kaiser Rhinestones I used today, along with a large selection of May Arts Ribbon.

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Announcements:

I have extended the sale offering 15% off all RIBBON BY THE SPOOL through 2009!

The following sale prices are still in effect as well:

30% off the original boxed Monogram Sets by JustRite

20% off all Christmas Sets by JustRite (until sold out)

Reduced prices on buttons by Basic Grey and Rusty Pickle

20% off both the Full Sized and Mini Scor-It Score Boards

COMING TOMORROW, Dec 2 - JustRite Blog Hop (Last Minute Gift Ideas)

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Thank you, everyone, for stopping in today.  Be sure to check all the links above to see some GREAT holiday inspiration using the Flower Soft product!  Fun stops!!!  See you tomorrow!